--- description: When actress Melissa McCarthy first got to Hollywood, she was held up at a dry cleaners. title: Melissa McCarthy Was Robbed When She First Got To Hollywood image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c056e52d82a5234/698763130b72e3b04f6db44f/457973646.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Melissa McCarthy Was Robbed When She First Got to Hollywood by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 28, 2014 6:12 PM CUT  Melissa McCarthy is seen at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on October 27, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Melissa McCarthy is seen at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on October 27, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 28, 2014 6:12 PM CUT When _Bridesmaids_ star Melissa McCarthy first got to Hollywood, she was held up at a dry cleaners. But she was more devastated the thief took her makeup than anything else, she told Jimmy Kimmel on his ABC talk show Monday. The police later caught the man who robbed her, she added, and put him behind bars. McCarthy is on the big screen right now in _St. Vincent_ in which she appears alongside Bill Murray. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3544111/melissa-mccarthy-jimmy-kimmel-hollywood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3544111/melissa-mccarthy-jimmy-kimmel-hollywood/"},"headline":"Melissa McCarthy Was Robbed When She First Got to Hollywood","datePublished":"2014-10-28T18:12:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:03:43.348Z","description":"The thief ran off with her mascara, she told Jimmy Kimmel","url":"https://time.com/3544111/melissa-mccarthy-jimmy-kimmel-hollywood/","keywords":["Crime","Television","Late Night","Hollywood","Late Night Highlight","jimmy kimmel live","melissa mccarthy","robbery"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c056e52d82a5234/698763130b72e3b04f6db44f/457973646.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c056e52d82a5234/698763130b72e3b04f6db44f/457973646.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - October 27, 2014","caption":"Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - October 27, 2014","creditText":"RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3544111/melissa-mccarthy-jimmy-kimmel-hollywood/","name":"Melissa McCarthy Was Robbed When She First Got to Hollywood"}}]}] ```